Boschong Subscribers, I found this article in an old 1855 Texas newspaper. It's anybody's guess as to which Mrs. Bushong this would be since there was a whole family in Pickens County, Alabama that moved to Texas and several of the boys were married by 1855. This article does give us a good clue as to where this family was before moving to Kaufman County by 1860. I guess if a family story was passed down through the family, that would be the only way to know. Anyone out there with a family story like this? ------------------ The Texas State Times Austin, Texas Saturday, 29 September 1855 Page 2, Column 7 A FREAK OF NATURE Mr. Editor: On the 2nd day of August 1855, in Cass County, Texas, Mrs. Bushong, late of Pickens county, Alabama gave birth to a female child having two distinct heads and faces. The heads are united at the earls, only one ear being visible between them. The eyes are blue, stand wide open, and one pair are crossed. The next is very short, the body well proportioned in length, but one third broader than usual across the chest. The heads are bare except a slight streak of hair across them from ear to ear. The child's birth was premature, supposed to have been caused by exposure in travelling to Texas. It was dead when born, and I presume may be seen at any time, at Dr. B. Y. Patterson's Cherokee settlement, Cass County, Texas (who has it preserved in alcohol) where I saw it myself, a few days ago. H. B. HAMILTON Linden, Cass County, Texas Christian Advocate --------------------- Researched and Submitted by Gloria Neiger Bushong